MCQ Questions for Class 10 English First Flight Chapter 8 Mijbil the Otter with Solutions


Chapter Name

Multiple Choice Questions for Chapter 8 Mijbil the Otter

Author Name

Gavin Maxwell

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Book Name

NCERT First Flight Textbook for Class 10

MCQ Questions for Chapter 8 Mijbil the Otter Class 10 English

1. What were Mijbil’s favourite toys?

(i) Stones

(ii) Marbles

(iii) Soft toys

(iv) Newspaper

Answer

(ii) Marbles


2. Mljbil would spend hours shuffling:

(i) some grains

(ii) some marbles

(iii) a rubber ball

(iv) some twigs

Answer

(iii) a rubber ball


3. What was the name given to the otter?

(i) Major

(ii) Mijbil

(iii) Mad

(iv) Majhis

Answer

(ii) Mijbil


4. What is wasted and provoking when left static? (according to the otter)

(i) sand

(ii) tea

(iii) juice

(iv) water

Answer

(iv) water


5. How was Mijbil to be transported to England?

(i) By packing in a box

(ii) On a seat

(iii) Through Ship

(iv) None of the Above

Answer

(i) By packing in a box


6. He would roll two or more of the marbles:

(i) between his legs

(ii) between his paws

(iii) between the lines

(iv) between the fans

Answer

(ii) between his paws


7. What did the woman in the aeroplane think that the otter was?

(i) a dog

(ii) an otter

(iii) a rat

(iv) a seal

Answer

(iii) a rat


8. How many days later did the author’s mail arrive?

(i) 2

(ii) 4

(iii) 5

(iv) 7

Answer

(iii) 5


9. How would Mijbil follow the author?

(i) With a lead

(ii) Via a thread

(iii) Without a lead

(iv) None of the Above

Answer

(iii) Without a lead


10. Mijbil’s favourite toys are:

(i) marbles

(ii) rubber ball

(iii) twigs

(iv) pets

Answer

(i) marbles


11. What had trickled out of the box?

(i) juice

(ii) blood

(iii) water

(iv) paint

Answer

(ii) blood


12. Where does the author live?

(i) London

(ii) Southern Iraq

(iii) India

(iv) None of the Above

Answer

(i) London


13. How does Maxwell get the otter?

(i) by his uncle

(ii) by his mother

(iii) by his father

(iv) by his friend

Answer

(iv) by his friend


14. The otter slept on the author’s bed on:

(i) the fourth night

(ii) the third night

(iii) the first night

(iv) the second night

Answer

(iv) the second night


15. Who is the author of “Mijbil the Otter”?

(i) Gavin Maxwell

(ii) Roald Dahl

(iii) Paulo Coehlo

(iv) Arup Kumar Dutta

Answer

(i) Gavin Maxwell


16. What ‘experiment’ did Maxwell think Camusfearna would be suitable for?

(i) to pet a dog

(ii) to pet an otter

(iii) both of them

(iv) none of the Above

Answer

(ii) to pet an otter


17. In the bathroom Mijbil went wild with joy for:

(i) twenty minutes

(ii) half an hour

(iii) an hour

(iv) one and half hour

Answer

(ii) half an hour


18. Why does Maxwell go to Basra?

(i) broke the toy car

(ii) threw the marbles

(iii) torn the lining of box

(iv) None of the Above

Answer

(iii) torn the lining of box


19. What do you mean by “compulsive habits”?

(i) destructive habits

(ii) good habits

(iii) addictive habits

(iv) habits impossible to control

Answer

(iv) habits impossible to control


20. Why did the driver drive through the streets of Basra like a ricocheting bullet?

(i) author was late for his flight

(ii) Mijbil had hurt himself

(iii) someone was after the driver

(iv) All of the above

Answer

(i) author was late for his flight


21. The author thought that he should keep:

(i) a tiger a Sapet

(ii) a cow a Sapet

(iii) an otter as a pet

(iv) an ox as a pet

Answer

(iii) an otter as a pet


22. What is the meaning of “an appalling spectacle”?

(i) a safe space

(ii) a funny scene

(iii) a mysterious situation

(iv) a shocking scene

Answer

(iv) a shocking scene


23. What guesses did the Londoners make about what Mijbil was?

(i) baby seal

(ii) squirrel

(iii) a hippo

(iv) All of the above

Answer

(iv) All of the above


24. Early in the new year of 1956 Maxwell travelled to ____

(i) London
(ii) Southern Iraq
(iii) India
(iv) None of the Above

Answer

(ii) Southern Iraq


25. Where does the author live?

(i) London
(ii) Southern Iraq
(iii) India
(iv) None of the Above
Answer
(i) London


26. What ‘experiment’ did Maxwell think Camusfearna would be suitable for?

(i) to pet a dog

(ii) to pet an otter

(iii) both of them

(iv) none of the Above

Answer

(ii) to pet an otter


27. How many days later did the author’s mail arrive?

(i) 2
(ii) 4
(iii) 5
(iv) 7

Answer

(iii) 5


28. The otter was brought to the author by _____.

(i) his friend
(ii) two Arabs
(iii) hotel staff
(iv) non of the above

Answer

(ii) two Arabs


29. What is the meaning of apathy?

(i) absence of interest
(ii) the ability to understand and share the feelings of another
(iii) unfriendly
(iv) rude

Answer

(i) absence of interest


30. What is wasted and provoking when left static? (according to the otter)

(i) sand
(ii) tea
(iii) juice
(iv) water

Answer

(iv) Water


31. In the beginning, the Otter was _____.

(i) friendly
(ii) hostile
(iii) aloof and indifferent
(iv) sad

Answer

(iii) aloof and indifferent


32. How did the airline wanted him to carry Mijbil?

(i) In a separate compartment
(ii) In a box
(iii) In his bag
(iv) None of the above

Answer

(ii) In a box


33. What is the meaning of “an appalling spectacle”?

(i) a safe space
(ii) a funny scene
(iii) a mysterious situation
(iv) a shocking scene
Answer
(iv) a shocking scene


34. Why did the driver drive through the streets of Basra like a ricochetting bullet?

(i) author was late for his flight
(ii) Mijbil had hurt himself
(iii) someone was after the driver
(iv) All of the above

Answer

(i) author was late for his flight


35. What did Mijbil do to the box?

(i) made it wet
(ii) tore the lining of the box
(iii) overturned it
(iv) All of the above
Answer
(ii) tore the lining of the box


36. Maxwell called the _____ “the very queen of her kind”.

(i) airhostess
(ii) driver
(iii) Mijbil
(iv) Pilot
Answer
(i) airhostess


37. What do you mean by “compulsive habits”?

(i) destructive habits
(ii) good habits
(iii) addictive habits
(iv) habits impossible to control

Answer

(iv) habits impossible to control


38. What guesses did the Londoners make about what Mij was?

(i) baby seal
(ii) squirrel
(iii) a hippo
(iv) All of the above
Answer
(iv) All of the above

39. What kept Mijbil engaged when they shifted to London?
(i) Ping-pong game
(ii) the children
(iii) the author
(iv) All of the above

Answer

(i) Ping-pong game


40. Why were Otters known as Maxwell Otters?

(i) they were found by Maxwell
(ii) they are fount at a place called Maxwell
(iii) Its the species name in science
(iv) None of the Above

Answer

(i) they were found by Maxwell 


41. Where did the Arabs keep the otter?

(i) in a box
(ii) in a bag
(iii) in a sack
(iv) in the pocket

Answer

(iii) in a sack


42. When the author saw the otter for the first time, it resembled a ___

(i) dog
(ii) dragon
(iii) cat
(iv) seal

Answer

(ii) dragon


43. What were Mijbil’s favourite toys?

(i) Stones
(ii) Marbles
(iii) Soft toys
(iv) Newspaper

Answer

(ii) Marbles


44. What did the woman in the aeroplane think that the otter was?

(i) a dog
(ii) an otter
(iii) a rat
(iv) a seal

Answer

(iii) a rat


45. In the Tigris marshes otters were as common as ____.

(i) bees
(ii) lizards
(iii) rodents
(iv) mosquitoes

Answer

(iv) mosquitoes


46. What had trickled out of the box?

(i) juice
(ii) blood
(iii) water
(iv) paint

Answer

(ii) Blood

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